Pacific Rim is visual candy, sensory overload

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2013)

Recently watching Pacific Rim in 3-D IMAX I was struck by the amazing, astonishing visuals, but left empty by many of its story choices.
The film makers choice to open with a quick catch-up,telling us the ocean cracked and that Kaiju' are already here left me a little depressed. I would have loved to see the tension and battles that were first fought. Instead, it's battle after battle, and gets a little tedious after a while. The special effects are good, but at times went by so fast I couldn't tell what the image was. I thought, why spend all that money. Overall, it was a very entertaining movie, but just not at the level I was hoping it would reach.